November 12, 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to the Wildermouth Church Newsletter!
From the Pastor's Desk
As we transition from honoring our veterans this past week, I certainly want to thank Chuck McConkey for sharing his faith journey and testimony with us. We can now move into the Thanksgiving season. I want to start by thanking each of you for your donations of items and money as we strive to reach out to our neighbors in Carroll as we as a church sponsored a local family for Christmas. We were able to bless this family with many items for this child’s Christmas as you can see in this picture…
I pray we rise to the challenge next year and perhaps even step out in faith and sponsor multiple children.
Not only are we helping our local neighbors, but we are also well on our way towards collecting numerous eyeglasses to donate to RISE Missions to help our friends in the Dominican Republic. Reminder that any of those donations are needed by this coming Sunday, give them to Judy Fosnaugh, so she can pass them on to Josh Morrison before he heads back to the mission field.
In other news, in an attempt to keep my promise to introduce my family more to you as you get to know us, I would like to tell you that another “hat” I wear is that of an insurance agent. In that role, I can help people not only with their Car and Home insurance but also Health and Life insurance policies, including Medicare plans. My wife, Lisa, is a nurse at Forest Rose School but also is on the National Board of Parrish Nurses. So, if you would like any assistance in knowing what programs are out there to help with your medical needs, she would be happy to assist you.
Until next week…
— Pastor Vance
Pastor Vance's Ventures
For your convenience, below is Pastor Vance’s tentative schedule for the next few days. (It may vary depending on emergency situations, meetings, etc.)
Appointments can be made by calling/texting 614-706-3040 or email at
pastorvance@wildermuthchurch.com
Wed 11/12
GPS Ministries Somerset – details below
Thurs 11/13
Office and by appointment
Fri 11/14
Office and by appointment
Sat 11/15
GPS Ministries Airport – details below
Sun 11/16
Worship
Small Group – Church Annex – 5PM
Mon 11/17
Office and by appointment
Tues 11/18
Office and by appointment
Wed 11/19
Carroll Business Association
GPS Ministries Somerset – details below
Meetings, events, and Worship services
- GPS Ministries stands for God and People Stories Ministries, an outreach ministry by Pastor Vance in our area.
GPS Ministries — Somerset
- Everyone is welcome to join us Wednesday evenings at Wannabees (the sign out front says "Main Grill") at 105 W Main St, Somerset, OH. We fellowship over a meal between 5-7 PM (arrive as you can, purchase your own meal from their great menu) and Bible study starts at 7.
- Contact Pastor Vance if you would like transportation to this service.
- Current series is discussing
"Why Studying the Bible Matters"
GPS Ministries — Airport
- Join us for a Fly-In (or you can drive in) Church service.
- Meets on the 3rd Satuday of each month at 10 AM at Fairfield County Airport (KLHQQ) located at 3430 Old Columbus Rd NW, Carroll, OH.
- Enjoy Coffee and donuts in the Terminal Building as we gather around and learn about a Pilot Story, how it relates to a God Story, and discover how we can apply it to our lives.
Small Group Opportunities
- Sunday Evenings at 5 PM — Wildermuth Annex
- Join us for an engaging small group study featuring Dr. Dino (Kent Hovind)'s Creation Seminar video series. Each week, we'll watch a segment of the series and then dive into a discussion time.
This study will help you:
- Defend and boldy share your faith in today's skeptical world.
Ministry / Volunteer Opportunities
- We invite all to share your gifts during our Worship Service
- This can be by serving as a Greeter or a Bell Ringer some week
- It could also be by sharing a poem, some musical gift, or other talent during our services
- It could even be to serve as a Song Leader during our Worship time
- or in some other way.
- BC Food Pantry - Monthly (typically the 3rd Friday of the month but subject to change) we can minister to our community by helping to set up for the Bloom Carroll Food Pantry. 6:30 PM to ? at Shalom UMC, 4925 Plum Rd NW, Carroll, OH 43112
- Donations of canned Dog and Cat Food can be brought to Wildermuth.
- Consider helping Wildermuth Church in supporting missionaries…
- All money raised through this program, as well as the money donated in the cup by our offering plate, goes to mission’s support.
Please contact Pastor Vance if you would like to assist in any of these ways!
Looking to the Future
- Sunday Nov 30th we will have Kameron Waits bring the Gospel Message thru song.
- This young artist brings a great blend of Southern and Country Gospel
- Carry-in dinner after.
- Our current plans are to have a singer/group come and be with us whenever there is a 5th Sunday in a month and a carry-in dinner after.
- One of our long-range visions for our church is to become a host church for two different youth groups.
- Trail Life for boys and American Heritage Girls are Christian based Scout-like organization for youth ages 5 to 18.
- We will need a minimum of 5 adult males and 5 adult women to commit to being the leadership teams in order to get these troops chartered.
If you have any interest in learning more about these, please contact Pastor Vance.
